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4-12-1 | THE 100 REPS CHALLENGE
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September 21

HELLO SUPERSTARS!

Happy Monday! How are you doing?

We’re starting week two of 4-12-1 | 100 REPS. How’s it going?

Here’s my training tip from yesterday:

WHY DO I TRAIN ONLY MY LEFT GLUTE?

Because I’m always working on something.

This body is my unfinished forever project.

I don’t train because I believe I’ll eventually reach some perfect finished version of myself. Perfection doesn’t exist in bodybuilding.

I train for the pursuit.

I look at my body, decide what I want to improve, and train accordingly. Right now, that means giving my left glute extra work.

That’s what training is to me.

Observe. Adjust. Work. Repeat.

There is always something to improve, something to learn, and another reason to show up.

This body is my unfinished forever project.

And hey—did you check out your Member Starter Bundle and the updates?

I’ve been working on the descriptions, categories, and navigation to make everything easier to browse and find.

Take a look around and let me know: Is it easier to find what you’re looking for now?

See what’s current. Do the work. Keep going.

Seize the Training Day!!!

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September 20
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HELLO SUPERSTARS! Happy Sunday!

I’ve been working behind the scenes on your member area to make it simpler, clearer, and easier to know where to go and what to do.

I’ve updated your access, your Member Starter Bundles, your Current Plan, and your go-to places for what we’re working on now and what’s coming next.

Take a round and explore!

Download your Starter Bundle. Check out the Current Plan. Explore Training, Fighterdiet, and Coach Pauline. Click around and make sure everything takes you where it should.

And please let me know if something isn’t working or doesn’t make sense. You’re using this with me, and I want it to work for you.

Thank you so much for being here. I look forward to continuing to teach, train, and coach you as we keep building.

See what’s current. Do the work. Keep going.

Stay present. Seize the Training Day.

— Coach Pauline

https://seizethetrainingday.com/categories/member-starter-bundles

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September 20

Life is an adventure — and adventure is not always calm, controlled or stress-free.

In this walk talk, I share how I coach my own mind when life feels uncertain, overwhelming or completely out of my control.

Fear lives in the future. I only have now.

Sometimes what doesn’t work out the way you planned opens the door to something better.

A reminder to trust yourself, keep moving and let life unfold.

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September 19

It’s Saturday. Are you showing up for yourself, or are you telling yourself you are?

There’s a difference.

You can tell yourself you’re eating well, training consistently and doing everything you should be doing. But where’s the proof?

Are you tracking?
Are you documenting your progress?
Are you getting stronger?
Are you taking the photos?
Are you actually doing the work?

I know my own BS, which is why I hold myself accountable too. I don’t always feel like training. I’m not always energetic and motivated. But I show up for myself.

As your coach, I can guide you, motivate you, push you and lead by example. I cannot do the work for you.

So this Saturday, stay real with yourself.

Watch today’s coaching video and ask yourself one question:

AM I SHOWING UP FOR MYSELF?

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September 18
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| CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAM |

As a member, you have access to my complete training library, with programs, workouts, exercise tutorials and training resources for a variety of needs.

But I also create current, time-limited training programs to get you to do the work, keep your training fresh and push you out of your comfort zone.

Doing the same exercises the same way over and over isn’t how you keep building more muscle. If what you’ve always done were enough, you’d already have the results you want.

Use the current program to reignite the spark of training. Try something different. Challenge your body. Don’t just keep showing up—use your training time well.

This is where I announce what we’re currently training and what’s coming next. When a program includes a guide, workout sheet or other member resource, I’ll attach it here during its stated download window.

The program changes. The training continues.

Welcome to periodization of your training life. It’s how you keep training productive, interesting and rewarding.

DOWNLOAD IT. TRAIN IT. GET RESULTS.

Download your current training program here

https://seizethetrainingday.com/programs/4-12-1-the-100-reps-workout-program

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September 18

How to get that GLUTE to GROW! The flex practice! Grab your cheek and pump it up to FEEL the muscle. Mind-Muscle connection. Because you can't grow what you can't FEEL.

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September 18

HELLO SUPERSTARS! Attention: CURRENT PRACTICE.

Aha, that means that is here for right now and it is time-limited!

I am working daily to simplify how to find things and how to get to the practice programs. I made a 'CURRENT PRACTICE' with red outline so it stands out from the rest. 

One for diet, one for training. This way I can organize my current programs that do not stay in the library permanently.

Can you see if this makes sense to you and you can easily go to download the current guides? 

| CURRENT FIGHTERDIET PRACTICE | |DOWNLOAD YOUR GUIDES BELOW |

Fighterdiet is one system practiced through different challenges, protocols and programs.

What’s the ”challenge”?

Oh, it’s more than just get lean. It’s about staying lean. Maintaining your strong and lean body results. And without regaining the body fat you lost and lose the lean muscle you built. Again…

Each Fighterdiet program I bring gives you a current focus to learn, practice and apply to your daily lifestyle. The featured program will change, but the goal remains the same: learn how to manage your nutrition, appetite and mindset so you can get leaner and stay on your plan.

This is where I share supporting videos, protocols and practical guidance connected to the current Fighterdiet practice.

Throughout each live practice, I also share tips, coaching and guidance continuously.

You can practice independently or stay motivated and accountable by checking in regularly.

When a Fighterdiet practice includes a downloadable book or guide, it will be available during the stated download window. Download and save your copy before the practice ends.

LEARN THE SYSTEM.PRACTICE IT. GET RESULTS.

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September 17
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Hey superstars! Happy little saturday!

Please check out the updated Seize the Training Day landing page. I’ve been working on simplifying it so it’s clear what I’m actually offering and what’s included with each membership level.

Take a look and let me know if it makes sense so we’re all on the same page.

Thank you for checking it out and sharing it! 

https://seizethetrainingday.com/pages/join-seize-the-training-day

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September 17
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Forearm Training for Stronger Wrists & Elbows | Pauline Nordin

Forearms, Farmer’s Walks & Wrist Extensor TrainingHere’s a fitness story of my life about forearm training.I train my forearms for the endurance and stamina I need to minimize the common plague of golfer’s elbow, aka medial epicondylitis, and tennis elbow, aka lateral epicondylitis.If you’ve been training to build muscle, you’ve probably experienced the burning feeling of gripping a barbell.My biceps training would have been gone from my life a long time ago if I didn’t dedicate my time to real good forearm training.Now, how come I do not train my wrist flexors with the same commitment? They’re already dominant in my training from the work they do in back rows, pull-ups and gripping work.I always see gym people do a lot of wrist curls for the wrist flexor muscles, but they rarely train the wrist extensors without turning it into the “thumb-up hammer grip.”I can only talk for myself, and the story of my fitness life is:Pauline, do those isometric reps. Do the push-away wrist extension sets. Do the thumb-OVER-bar reverse wrist curls. And keep it up.It works for me.When I feel the elbow pains coming, I work around it. My routine is training, spending time on mobility and doing stretches for my hands and wrists.And then I also do the body work.I use a foam roller to roll out my arms, including my biceps.I use a massage stick made with stainless steel that is just fabulous.I use cold laser therapy as part of what I do for my tendons and joints.I also do my own personal muscle massage therapy with wooden tools I’ve bought online that are used for Thai massage and trigger point therapy.So what do I not do to stay ahead of pains and aches?I don’t automatically pop an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen every time something hurts. I don’t want my first response to training pain to always be shutting down the symptoms.I don’t get cortisone shots just to get rid of the pain so I can go straight back to training too soon. I know myself. If there is no pain, why not train to gain?I do not do all the wellness work for my body with expectations that it will take away all pains forever. It does not.I do not expect a “that thing cured me!” after a self-massage routine I just performed where my body is giving me a high and I feel no pain for the moment.All this works just like training.It takes dedication. It takes patience. It takes consistent upkeep.And that is my strength as a fitness practitioner.I do not STOP doing what keeps my body strong for training. I do not give up when what I really want to be “the thing” does not last.I also keep a real-life perspective on my fitness world.I am not going to be 20 again, when I could train for hours and really tear down the muscle house just to come back in two days.I would not want to if I had the choice!I really love my older self for the way I train, how I train and how I spend more time on recovery than ever, gaining muscle better and getting stronger than in my youth.I’ve always been lazy! So doing less hard work and getting more out of the work I do is quite the rush for me.Why?I never let myself do less. Just more!My young Pauline was a drill sergeant who blamed my lack of dietary discipline on my body!Ha!Anyway, I have the programs for strong forearms if you actually want to train and check if you just need stronger muscles—and if that training might help you feel much better.For me, I want to train without pain. I want to feel great.So I do what it takes, and I do it consistently.Just like I do with the rest of my training and my diet.

forearms famer's walk! 

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September 17

4-12-1 | 100 REPS GLUTE PLANKS | MY ROUTINE YOU’LL HATE

This is one of my favorite glute routines because it lets me load up my hip extension without beating up my hamstrings.

4 WEEKS. 12 WORKOUTS. 1 GOAL.

Train this workout 3 times per week for 4 weeks. That gives you 12 chances to seize the training day.

THE 100 REPS SYSTEM

Pick a weight you can do for about 20 reps, but no more than 25 reps on your first set.

Do your first set.

Keep the weight on you, don't bother taking it off because the set coming will come for you in a few seconds.

Rest 20 seconds.

Go again for as many reps as you can.

Rest 20 seconds.

Go again.

Keep repeating 20-second rest sets until you reach 100 total reps.

100 reps is the target. Not 100 reps in one set.

And remember that to build muscle you need to keep adding more struggle to the program. That is why you see the weight I use increase over time, not staying the same.

Warm up first with the banded glute bridge takeoffs and alternating banded step-outs shown in the program.

Then hit the glute plank.

Finish with the glute mobility work.

CLENCH THE CHEEKS. COMPLETE THE EXTENSION.
NO HALF-SOFT BOTTOM REPS.

You’ll hate it!